Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)

Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 July 1, 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) depicted life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and United Kingdom and made the political issues of the 1850s regarding slavery tangible to millions, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Upon meeting Stowe, Abraham Lincoln allegedly remarked, "So you're the little lady who started this great war!" The quote is apocryphal; it did not appear in print until 1896, and it has been argued that "The long-term durability of Lincoln's greeting as an anecdote in literary studies and Stowe scholarship can perhaps be explained in part by the desire among many contemporary intellectuals... to affirm the role of literature as an agent of social change."

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Books:

[Betty Bright Idea | Lukinverkkoja | Oldtown Fireside Stories | Onkel Tom Htte | Pikku Haltijoita | Pikku Kettuja | Queer Little Folks | Set Tuomon Tupa]